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| Thread ID: 60840 | 2005-08-14 23:44:00 | Who are you gonna vote for?? (Govt Election) | rmcb (164) | PC World Chat |
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| 381341 | 2005-08-31 00:05:00 | meh. Easily the most arrogant statement I have ever seen. You really should get out more |
Barnzy (6015) | ||
| 381342 | 2005-08-31 00:20:00 | You really should get out more I think you shouldn't vote till you have read more. In fact read until you realise the fallacy of socialism. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 381343 | 2005-08-31 00:26:00 | This is getting bitchy. :rolleyes: Back to the subject at hand. What I find strange is that a Party that has been in power since 1999 is basing it's campaign on promises. You'd think that promises would be the domain of people who want to be in power. I would have thought that any Government in power that long would have a laundry list of achievments to crow about; basing their campaign on "Let us continue the good work", not talking about what they're going to do. Kinda begs the question "why haven't you already done that?' |
Peterj116 (6762) | ||
| 381344 | 2005-08-31 01:20:00 | Okay I've just read this thread for a little help in my decision. Don't like Labour entirely, don't like National entirely - so what to do....? Personally I feel if Labour were any good, all their 'lollies' would've been in that budget we had not so long ago. But on the other hand some of the National policies scare the sh*t out of me. I could bleat on about what I do and don't like, but that is my issue to sort out. For all those thinking of small party votes, please think before you act. I read a thing in the herald a while back, that contained a fact (new to me) about MMP votes: "If you vote for a minority party which does not make the 5 percent threshold or get anyone into parliament, your vote could end up helping a party you would not wish to support. At the last election approx 99 000 votes were discarded from the total pool, thus boosting the other parties shares. On the night, for example, Labour won 41.26% of votes, but after wasted votes were eliminated, that share went up to 43.28%. This gave Labour 3 more seats " So, if you vote, make sure its a firm decision who to vote for, as opposed to who not to vote for. |
Nickle (8722) | ||
| 381345 | 2005-08-31 01:37:00 | www.nzherald.co.nz Don't you just love Labour :) Now they are making sure we get our lunch breaks! Coming up they will make it legally binding for you to eat your greens first. (actually in hindsight they may band the words "eat your greens" as being insulting to minorities. ) Good on them for looking after those at the bottom. Nationals policy would be "If you have time to eat you have time to WORK" Actually I really think National have shot themselves in the foot this week. With the policy to remove everything related to maori. The social distruption this would cause would be tremendous. Maybe they are trying to get the votes of the blue rinse brigade who love Winston, and have rose tinted memories of the 1950's. You can't go back..... It would be nice to have a party who can at least run a good election campaign, if this is how they would be as government, then be VERY afraid. |
netchicken (4843) | ||
| 381346 | 2005-08-31 01:53:00 | www.stuff.co.nz | Metla (12) | ||
| 381347 | 2005-08-31 02:01:00 | www.stuff.co.nz Good to see you are up with the play netchic. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 381348 | 2005-08-31 02:40:00 | I think you shouldn't vote till you have read more. In fact read until you realise the fallacy of socialism. You're a bit of a dag Cic. I presume that you mean you take it that this "Labour" government is socialist? As I infered in another thread somewhere, Harold Wilson and his predecessors going back to Keir Hardie would turn in their graves to be told this was a socialist government. They would be nationalising the means of production and distribution, and all kinds of horrible socialist sorts of things. Gosh, just remember when the top rate of tax after the war was over 90%, just 6d in the pound was retained, that was why British film stars like David Niven and all, fled to the States. This government is positively to the right of any Conservative one excluding Thatcher, that I had experience of in the UK. But then being a Pom, I'm sure you really know that. :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 381349 | 2005-08-31 02:58:00 | I meant to imply, not infer, that is what the crossword compilers get wrong every time! | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 381350 | 2005-08-31 03:10:00 | www.stuff.co.nz Right on Mets :) |
HadO (796) | ||
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